It is heartening to hear all the tributes to the dedicated teachers in the wake of the horrific tragedy in Newtown.

While most people are appreciative of the job done by those in the field, it lags in respect when compared with other helping professions.

Do people realize that a significant percentage of teachers have experienced “lockdowns,” threats, verbal abuse or actual physical assaults of some kind? Yet our governor and others prefer to make the first budget cuts be to education.

Also, retired teachers may be the only entity to have not received a cost-of-living adjustment in 12 years.

It was inspirational to see President Obama make an impassioned plea for the murdered children of Newtown, where he tearfully said, “Can we say that we are doing enough to keep our children — all of them — safe from harm?” We certainly can all agree that much, much more should be done to shelter all of the U.S.A.'s innocent children from harm by those disturbed or demented.

However, we could feel much more reassured of his sincerity to make “all of them” safe if he and his party would pledge to make safe the most innocent: the unborn. In the 40 years since abortion on demand was approved, almost 56 million innocent children have been aborted.

To the left's undying shame, abortion has become their ultimate religious sacrament.

Please, President Obama, why won't you keep our children — every single one of them, even the unborn — safe from harm?

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